This episode features some of the best conversations of 2023, we’ll be back daily from January 29, 2024.
Over the past year we took a break from the top news stories to look at moments in pop culture that have had a big impact.
In this episode we interrogate the cultural juggernaut that was the Barbie movie, and then allegations against Russell Brand.
Featured:
Wenlei Ma, TV and film critic
Dani de Placido, senior contributor at Forbes magazine
Louise Milligan on male violence
Hugh Grant, Murdoch and phone hacking
Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ fight with Australia
The pricing trap doubling some power bills
Donald Trump and the politics of abortion
How a uni student got blamed for Bondi
Mental health and the Bondi killer
‘Terrorism’ at a Sydney church
The rape ruling against Bruce Lehrmann
Making sense of the Bondi Junction attack
Zan Rowe on what’s killing music festivals
Was Israel’s strike a ‘tragedy’ or a war crime?
Sex, drugs and Lehrmann’s paid interview
Will we really run out of gas next winter?
Will your next car be a Chinese EV?
The Ozempic craze and risky replicas
Is Israel targeting aid workers?
Youth crime and a curfew in Alice Springs
Can we beat inflation and keep jobs?
Looking for Modi – Humble beginnings
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